The number of people – 75 men and six women – already interred in the Panthéon.
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NEWS ❘ LES INFOS
OLYMPIC WATCH – PARIS 2024
NEW FANTASY
The new hotel La Fantasie in the 9th arrondissement not only promises a green oasis in Paris, but also heralds the homecoming of three-Michelin- starred chef Dominique Crenn, back from California, at the helm of the Golden Poppy restaurant. See p.60.
www.lafantaisie.com
MAKING A SPLASH FIRST DIP ARMENIAN HERO
President Emmanuel Macron announced the induction of a citizen of Armenian origin to the Pantheon. Armenian genocide survivor and fallen WWII resistance fi ghter Missak Manouchian will now claim his place in the monument where France’s greatest heroes are honoured.
www.paris-pantheon.fr
Britain’s Beth Potter, France’s Cassandre Beaugrand and Germany’s Laura Lindemann on the
podium after the World Triathlon Olympic Test Event in Paris
The unprecedented efforts that started in 2016 to improve the water quality of the Seine were rewarded this summer. The test Triathlon women’s swimming event went off swimmingly, to the delight of the crowds who lined the river banks to cheer on 65 of the world’s best triathletes. With a year to go before the Paris 2024 games, the race was a fi rst step towards the organisation of the offi cial triathlon, para- triathlon and marathon swimming events which will take place at the scenic Alexandre III bridge, at the foot of the Grand Palais and at Les Invalides. The Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris have acted as an accelerator for restoring the river’s water quality to make bathing in the Seine an everyday reality again.
www.paris2024.org
C’EST PAS VRAI! STRANGE BUT TRUE TALES FROM FRANCE Just when you thought you had heard it all
TAKE THAT COOKIE Saint-Lyphard and Guérande used 90 kg of butter, 60 kg sugar and 120 kg of fl our to bake the
world’s biggest sablé Breton, measuring 7.42m by 5.33m.
TWEE WHEELS
More than 150 enthusiasts and their Twingos gathered this summer in Meurthe-et-Moselle to celebrate the 30th birthday of Renault’s idiosyncratic model.
SQUARING THE CIRCLE Who needs pétanque? Grasse just held the tenth edition of its square boules competition as part of the Jasmine Festival because… pourquoi pas?
QUITE A HOOT Residents of Tourlaville, near Cherbourg thanked their intrepid pompiers for sparing no effort to
save an owl that got stuck high up in the church belfry.
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